Sunday, August 31, 2014

I just recently bought 3 stamps sets that I loved the second they were released last year from There She Goes on a Stamp Swap facebook page. There She Goes Stamps are not in business anymore but I loved these images so I asked if anyone has them to sell and YEA someone did.

I don't own copics (one day I will maybe) I normally do not color images cause its just not my thang but I wanted to try it so I did this image all with a watercolor brush and Tim Holtz distress inks. I did use a little Inktense pencil on a few spots.

I used a paper piercer to put holes close to his feet to put my twine through to make a rope. I made a kinda flower out of the Kraft Black one of my absolute favorite twines.

I made a button that I thought was cute and used it on top of the twine flower. I think it turned out pretty good. Took me forever to figure out what papers to use but it was because I wanted to get it finished and I was struggling to get it right. You know how sometimes you have something in your head but you can't quite get it executed like your vision....um....yeah....that was what was happening.

I am getting a cold and my head is clogged and blocking my creativity a bit. I used Carta Bella "All Hallows Eve" for the top layer. This paper is my favorite and I cut 2 bases that didn't work so I was bummed about that so I will have to use that for something. Their paper is such a nice weight.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Hello everyone!! It seems like forever since I created a project to share on Snap Click Supply Co. blog for the Create Inspiration Team. This month we concentrated on either summer, vacations or back to school. I chose to do a vacation themed project.

I love summer, travel and the beach so I immediately knew I wanted to create this cute instagram box with a mini album in it. I used an svg kit from svgcuts.com and dressed it up with pattern papers from Snap Click Supply co. from a variety of designers. The list will be down below this post. I cut out a few elements from the kits to dress it up! The tag on the front of the mini album is from Samantha Walker from the silhouette store.

The elements I used from from several kits Echo Park "Summer Bliss", Lori Whitlock's "Summer Lovin", "Summer Splash". I used several of the elements throughout the mini album as well as the papers to adhere to my chipboard.

I took some wire and wrapped it around a metal skewer to give it the curly effect. I used my cropadile to put some eyelets on the sides of the box to keep the wire from tearing up my box.

For the album I just took the base of the box and reduced it down to a size I thought would be good to fit into my box, allowing for the binding that was added to the book. I used a cinch to bind the book. I put some binding ribbon on the coils to dress it up.

Using a word processing program you can easily make a checkoff sheet as I did. I found a freebie online and then just edited it a bit. I got rid of some of the categories since I don't have children or babies anymore at home. I decorated it with elements from Lori Whitlock's

Summer Lovin and Summer Splash as well as Echo Park Summer Bliss. This will come in handy for me when I get ready to take a trip because I don't know if your like me but I always think I am forgetting something or I DO forget something!

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

The Timeless Twineteam andLil' Inker Designsteam are showcasing all week long products from both companies in a cross promotion. It has been super fun to play with the products and I love the dies! The pinwheel is super easy to put together and they cut out so nice. I like this cute little notebook paper too with the stitching...so adorable!!

I decided to not put a stick on my pinwheel just to make it a cute little accent piece. I made some twine curly to pop underneath the pinwheel picking colors from the paper I used in the pinwheel. I made a 1" button that said "Miss U" on it since my card is just a little note to someone. I used some corrugated paper I had in my stash.

My second card I used a beach themed stamp set which I LOVE!! This crab is just too cute. So I wanted to make a port hole type front to my card. I used some pewter brads I had to put in the circle I cut out. I don't own copics and honestly I am not someone who likes to color so this was a bit of a challenge but hey I am always up for a challenge. I used my Derwent Inktense pencils and a watercolor brush and stamped the image on watercolor paper I have. One of these days I would like to buy some copics but lordy I buy enough stuff for crafting and half of it isn't used. I have a fortune in this room. Seriously do you ever think about how much money you spend to make a card that if you are like me never makes it out of this room. I do make birthday cards for the grandkids so the thousands of dollars I spend is worth 2 cards a year right! ha ha

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

I have fallen into the realm of planner addiction. Wow I didn't realize how big a community of people would fall into this category. I started instagram not too long ago and never got into until now and I am hooked. I found since I started making the paperclips and Stacy came out with the planner stamps I have gotten a bit hooked. I have always had this weird love of office supplies. Now that I started with the planner I have been obsessed with finding cute sticky notes, uses for the washi tape I never used and seeing how everyone decorates their planners.

I bought a Filofax (man these things are expensive) and I got a great deal so I couldn't pass it up. I wanted a pink one and bought one that is called "Raspberry" in hopes it was maybe fuchsia colored. Although it is more purple I still am growing to love it.

Then it was purchasing special pages for them since I didn't like the ones that come with it. So see how it snowballs! Don't get me started about pens, pencils, pen pouches oh my! The only supplies I really have a lot of access too is my clips!

I started off with making this dragon clip and I love it so much. I didn't have any stickers that were dragon themed or anything necessarily to continue the theme so I just played around with what I had and decorated it up a bit. The main focus was for me to use the "Plannerd" set from Bella Creationz.

So this post is for Timeless Twine but this time it is not twine related. It is all about Bella Creationz which is Stacy the owner of Timeless Twine's company.

I used the super cute hole reinforcers from the store also. I also have a cute little "Notes" cutout also from Bella Creationz.

I love the lines and the cute little checkoff items that are in the set. You can go with the flags, hearts etc. You can decide and change it up every week. So many useful stamps such as a "To do" or "Menu" so its very versatile for the planner. You could always use them on cards or project life too. Make a recipe book and utilize the menu stamp etc.

Here is the stamp set which you can get here.

My list of products will be below my picture. I am also showing you the 2nd week I started and just need to finish. I hope this inspires you to "PLAN" and get organized. I am a newbie but I know I will fall into my groove at some point! ;)